George Park
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George Maclean Park was a British
Labour Party
politician.
Park worked in the motor industry in Coventry
he was the Union Convenor at the Ryton Plant of the (then) Rootes Group. He was a councillor in the Holbrooks Ward and leader of Coventry City Council and the West Midlands County Council
.
Park was Member of Parliament
(MP) for Coventry North East from 1974 to 1987. George Park was a TGWU-sponsored MP and was Parliamentary Private Secretary
to Eric Varley
.
When Park was asked to put himself forward for re-selection he declined and his successor was John Hughes
.
United Kingdom
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Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician.
Park worked in the motor industry in Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
he was the Union Convenor at the Ryton Plant of the (then) Rootes Group. He was a councillor in the Holbrooks Ward and leader of Coventry City Council and the West Midlands County Council
West Midlands County Council
The West Midlands County Council was, from 1974 to 1986, the upper-tier administrative body for the West Midlands county, a metropolitan county in England....
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Park was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Coventry North East from 1974 to 1987. George Park was a TGWU-sponsored MP and was Parliamentary Private Secretary
Parliamentary Private Secretary
A Parliamentary Private Secretary is a role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament by a senior minister in government or shadow minister to act as their contact for the House of Commons; this role is junior to that of Parliamentary Under-Secretary, which is a ministerial post, salaried by...
to Eric Varley
Eric Varley
Eric Graham Varley, Baron Varley, PC was an English politician and former Cabinet Minister on the right wing of the Labour Party....
.
When Park was asked to put himself forward for re-selection he declined and his successor was John Hughes
John Hughes (English politician)
John Hughes was Labour Member of Parliament for Coventry North East in the United Kingdom from 1987 to 1992....
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